Last steam standard gauge mixed train in the world

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Last steam standard gauge mixed train in the world

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Yuanbaoshan Coal Mine Railroad, October 03, 2014

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On this crisp autumn morning, this train was the LAST steam hauled standard gauge mixed train left in the World, running for daily revenue service. But within hours, that would all change. As this train headed back in the afternoon after this photograph, a coal truck pulled in front of the locomotive derailing the 2-8-2 and destroying the locomotive's tender. While the locomotive was eventually repaired, the railroad abandoned passenger service, bringing an end to the last steam mixed train.
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